by KarenD | Oct 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
by Jean Rhodes “Democracy is not the business of government. Democracy is the power of people to author their lives, to decide together what kind of society they want to live in. And young people should have a voice in that discussion.” Constance Flannagan Mentors...
by KarenD | Oct 14, 2020 | Education
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Childhood experiences, both positive and negative, have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. As such, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are an...
by KarenD | Oct 5, 2020 | Education
Search Institute has identified the following building blocks of healthy development—known as Developmental Assets—that help young children grow up healthy, caring, and responsible. This particular list is intended for adolescents (age 12-18). EXTERNAL ASSETS SUPPORT...
by KarenD | Sep 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Jean Rhodes As schools across the country close for the beginning of the new year, youth mentoring programs have a vital role to play in mitigating student struggles. Learning slides are already expected to be steepest for low-income, Black and Hispanic students,...
by KarenD | Sep 3, 2020 | Education
Doctor Mike Hansen Coronavirus and Children – How Does the Coronavirus Affect Kids? | COVID-19 #coronavirus #covid19 #covid_19 Coronavirus | COVID-19 YouTube Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list… There has been little media coverage about...
by KarenD | Aug 19, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
A growing understanding of how responsive relationships and language-rich experiences for young children help build a strong foundation for later success in school has driven increased investment and sparked innovation in early learning around the world. The rapidly...
by KarenD | Jul 22, 2020 | Education
In this video, Dr. Amanda Heins, the supervising psychologist at Rogers Behavioral Health’s OCD and Anxiety Center Adolescent Residential Care in Oconomowoc, WI, gives tips on how you can help school-aged kids during the COVID-19 crisis. If you or someone you...
by KarenD | Jul 14, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
By Joana Ortiz, mentoring.org I knew something was off when I couldn’t focus in my courses, the weight of my head was too much to bear, and getting out of bed was increasingly difficult as the days passed. I couldn’t articulate this at the time, but I was suffering...
by KarenD | Jul 7, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
Health professionals face a massive challenge in responding to the coronavirus. Child psychologists are no exception as they deal with mental crises in kids caused by the pandemic’s upheaval. Some scientists see the outbreak as a natural experiment—a time when a...
by KarenD | Jun 17, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
by Jean Rhodes and Cherrelle Jones (clinical psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston) As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on and thousands of protestors gather in the streets day after day, we are viscerally witnessing the many ways that racism, and other systems of...
